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Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Specialist Assistant 7 37 6 14 4

Geographic Distribution*

As of January 1, 2022

Specialist Assistant***

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 5 Jefferson 1 Saratoga 3
Allegany 0 Kings 6 Schenectady 1
Bronx 2 Lewis 0 Schoharie 0
Broome 2 Livingston 0 Schuyler 0
Cattaraugus 1 Madison 0 Seneca 0
Cayuga 1 Monroe 1 Steuben 1
Chautauqua 0 Montgomery 1 St. Lawrence 0
Chemung 0 Nassau 9 Suffolk 7
Chenango 0 New York 2 Sullivan 0
Clinton 0 Niagara 1 Tioga 1
Columbia 1 Oneida 0 Tompkins 0
Cortland 0 Onondaga 0 Ulster 0
Delaware 0 Ontario 1 Warren 2
Dutchess 0 Orange 1 Washington 0
Erie 4 Orleans 0 Wayne 0
Essex 0 Oswego 0 Westchester 11
Franklin 0 Otsego 0 Wyoming 0
Fulton 0 Putnam 1 Yates 0
Genesee 1 Queens 13 NYS TOTAL 86
Greene 0 Rensselaer 2 OTHER US 33
Hamilton 0 Richmond 3 NON-US 2
Herkimer 0 Rockland 1 TOTAL 121

* Location reflects the licensee's primary mailing address on record with the Office of the Professions; the address is not necessarily the licensee's practice address. Although licensees must be registered to use the professional title or to practice within New York State, being registered does not mean the licensee is actively doing so.

** Displaying both full and three-year limited licenses.

*** Physician assistants and registered specialist assistants practice only under the supervision of licensed physicians.